How to Update Premium Plugins

So, you want the awesome new features, patches, and updated plugin files?!
Updating these is super easy. Just in case, we're providing some
additional information surrounding the subject here as well as the basic
steps.

Get The Latest Included Plugin Version(s)

We're actually including Premium Plugin updates in the theme-download-package/Resources folder. For more information on accessing these files, check out this link that walks through downloading and extracting the theme-download package: Downloading, Extracting, and Included Resources

Quick Note About Premium Plugins

Premium Plugins are awesome, but since we are including them via a developers license - we unfortunately cannot provide the ability to update these plugins automatically. The following Premium Plugins are most commonly used in our themes:

Visual Composer (js_composer)

Revolution Slider (revslider)

Polytechnic Courses

Passage Addons

MediaBoard

This documentation was added to help you get those plugins that don't update
automatically with theme updates, updated quickly.

Navigate to Plugins > Add New > and
install/activate the Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

Then navigate to Plugins > Add New >
Upload Plugin

Finally, use the newly added prompt to
backup and upload your premium plugin. Premium plugin updates can be found in
the theme download package (Resources/Premium Plugin Update folder).

Method
02 - FTP Upload: This method is ideal for users that have
access to an FTP Connection and would like to simply override the
existing plugin files. This is my personal favorite since it gives you control, and you can back up the original plugin prior to updating/overriding.

Process - First, grab the latest copy of the
premium
plugin included with the theme-download-package. This can be found in
the Resources\Plugins folder of the theme-download package. See Downloading, Extracting, and Included Resources for more information.

Then,
extract the plugin files from the plugin zip folder (you'll be
uploading the un-zipped folder). Note: Depending on your extraction
method, this may nest the folder inside of a new folder. Just be aware
that the folder that you want to upload is the folder closest to the
files, not the shell if extraction creates one.

Next, navigate to your FTP connection,
highlight plugin folder that you extracted (ie. js_composer) and upload it to
your wp-content/plugins folder (be sure to override all of the old files). Then
navigate to your WordPress Admin > Plugins panel > find the plugin >
and select Activate

Author
Documented Methods

The following are the current recommended ways to
update the plugins (included in this theme - that don't update automatically)
as indicated by the plugin authors themselves. They first suggest the FTP Method, but also include these following methods. These steps assume that you have
downloaded the latest version/update of the theme from Themeforest.net

Method
03 - Visual Composer - Theme Update Method: This method is the old/legacy way of updating plugins/themes and is provided as additional information since this is still considered an option in some situations.

Process - Activate another theme (ie. Twenty Twelve)
> Deactivate and delete the WPBakery Visual Composer plugin > Upload and Activate the Updated Version of the Theme
> and install the updated plugin using the prompt at the top.